Thursday, April 24, 2008

Five Men's Fashion First Impressions: Urgent Reader Request!

Hi Winona,By now you've probably seen these Prada shoes before, but I've been dying to know what the five men would think of them. They may not be frightening enough, but they certainly amuse me.Signed,Shoes Amused

Dear Amused,

Ah, the Prada flower heels--many are perplexed by them, others love them with the fire of a thousand suns (by "others" here I mean Wendy Brandes, and Wendy, if, after reading this, you want to kick some Five Men ass, I'll happily provide you with some addresses).

I sort of want to spend my life savings on them (they're $800) just to place them in a grandiose shadowbox atop my mantle (to do: procure mantle) and force my guests stare at them in silence. But enough about me, what do those wild and crazy guys think of them?

Brother, age 13: (Waves hands, covers face) I don't know what to think of these. Hmmm...It's just a shoe, a really bad looking shoe. The heel kind of looks like a frilly Victorian dress...a flower?

Father: I think that its the first time I have seen the bottom of a shoe be more interesting than the top of the shoe. It kinds of looks like some sort of perverted Nike or Adidas.

Brother, age 18: Who's that guy we saw at the Portland Art Museum? Chihuly ? It looks like that guy did it.

Boyfriend: It looks like somebody's heel broke off and they glued on one of their mother's fine statuettes as a replacement.

Brother, age 21: Awkward even to look at. Hate 'em. But, if they were flat without the heel I would be into them.p.s. If you're new to Daddy Likey and/or have amnesia, you can read the Five Men's introductory post here.

I LOVE these shoes!it was prada who did the ones like these but tea cup themed, too, right? lovvee those ones moreand I LOVE THE FIVE MENNN! I'm kinda sad your little brother didn't have a comment that involves dead animals like usual..but your oldest brother has a good point about the flats..they'd be adorable!...if only I knew how to make shoes.

Lizz Winstead (inventor of the Daily Show) is my coworker's sister. According to my coworker, Lizz got a gift certificate to Manolo Blahnik as a holiday gift a few years back and brought home a mouth-watering pair. Her housekeeper spotted them, popped them into Lizz's covered glass cake stand, and placed the stand in the center of her dining room table. There they remained for many months, for the easy worship-access.

Now THAT'S how you treat a great pair of shoes, baby.

But these ... I'm gonna have to agree with 13-year-old brother. Just a really bad looking pair of shoes.